alex itin – IT IN Place

Memphis and the Ancient Greeks

alex — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:38:42 +0000

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Filter Feeder

alex — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:19:13 +0000

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Been managing so much info from the gopro and sony that is very difficult to color compress without making duplicate files and filling up my strainting hard drive…. so long story short, I thought I’d try some of Vimeo’s new “instagramstyle” filters for video. THere are a lot of options and I am lazy, but I like the saturation and contrast on this filter. What say you, dear reader?

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Aunt Elanor Rigby

alex — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:35:42 +0000

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catching up with vlogs

Sille G, Uncle Al, and Kid Kutzarug paint/dance off

alex — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:07:52 +0000

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The Ice Palace

alex — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:38:57 +0000

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Last state of Collab with Ellis G And Beauty amongst the beasts:

Catching Up

alex — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:24:52 +0000

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Cacthcing up witht the last few days at frost.

this state is gone.

Teaser

alex — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:55:56 +0000

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see you Saturday!

A Soft Machine

alex — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:27:07 +0000

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We had a soft opening for Cage and Uncaged last night. Some of my favorite Street Artists came by and borrowed the remaing cans of paint to knock up on a discarded matress from the luxury condo building next door. I told Javi who did what and gave him my leather man to cut out the muslin…. I said do what you will, but I’m not touching a matress…. I got bud bug bit once in Reno and I won’t suffer if for art, money, or love. Viva Slepton! Viva BAM!

Cold Cogging

alex — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:03:17 +0000

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beastly cold, but still making beasties and masks.

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and in other time and space issues….. New Years vlog

Coglapse

alex — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:21:29 +0000

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raw time lapse of making a new cog sculpture out of expanding polyurethane foam (aka Good Stuff). Show opens Jan 18th. File subject to updating/editing. Lots of plumber crack…. lucky you.

Frosty Cogs

alex — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:58:28 +0000

The snow came faintly falling on the Brooklyn Cog as I played around on the big white walls of Frost.

And Open To The Hound played a fare thee well show before going on tour:

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Frost Changes

alex — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:05:29 +0000

I got to frost a little late today due to plumbing adventures… but got some good work in… From top: A large cog study, Cog mural at night (with face now painted out), Joe Monster with new figure drawing, and last but not least some more work on Dirty Hippy Jesus below.

Moving The Past

alex — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:38:37 +0000

Lapsing and surveiling the installation at frost.

7 Spades

alex — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:38:53 +0000

Here is an animated gif of a sort of Palimpsest I made with a card Double_You mailed me from London. It was a seven of spades. I threw in some collage from the last time we drew IRL in Paris. Now I think I’m meant to mail it back to him? But first some digital collage below:

Closer

alex — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:38:44 +0000

Music video for Donald Johnson’s song, “Closer.” Recorded By Javier Hernadez-Miyares at his Rego Park Studio. I like to call it the Rego Ragga. The instrument you see at the beginning is a small Indian made synthesizer that is used to play Sitar and tabla against etc. It fills in for those weird squeezebox and crank driven drones that are used in Indian music to such wonderful effect. Javier likes to collect all sorts of odd little synths and electronic noise makers I thought this one would work well with the “Eastern” sound of this song, while still being contemporary…. plus I thought switching it on would make a good beginning and ending of a shot.

Muses Musing

alex — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:15:29 +0000

Some drawings from the end of a sketchbook.

Faces

alex — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:56:53 +0000

Some paintings I photographed at a PopUp show I had at 17Frost a couple months back. Only getting around to looking at them now. The one above is spray paint on a Do Not Enter sign and those below are expanding polyurethane foam over wire with spraypaint and they are wearable masks made for CAGE, a film we are still editing.

At My Grave

alex — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 02:46:47 +0000

Spent the Holiday working on the animation and helping to edit the cage project. Here is some video I shot of Donald Johnson at Frost street witht he cage masks projected behind.

Sax

alex — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:52:33 +0000

Colin Stetson at LPR and general running around.

The Spanish Inquisition

alex — Sat, 11 May 2013 03:05:44 +0000

I had wanted the animation I’m working on to go to the dark space of NYC in the sixties that my dad sort of played with in the seventies out of Paul Klee I think… mixed with the rising minimalism and Joseph Albers, however the nice thing about a consecutively drawn animation is that other things happen in the chess game of self against time and space. Spain showed up with it’s arenas of Roman smiles. Plans foiled. Blood spilled. Moving on.

Beasties

alex — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:53:51 +0000

Cold and faceless

Donald johnson Sings

alex — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:27:18 +0000

Donald Johnson: All Tomorrow’s Parties from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

donald johnson from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

Sloop B Swoon

alex — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:44:43 +0000

sloop b swoon from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

The Big Green Worm

alex — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:09:28 +0000

The Big Green Worm from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

I know: it’s a catepillar

Absinthe Tattoo

alex — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:53:03 +0000

Absinthe Tattoo from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

Pig Tales

alex — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:23:23 +0000

Pig Tales from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

alex — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:58:50 +0000

King Ran and Ponyo in Jail….. strange Japanese pop post.

Dogzillla Vlog

alex — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:23:40 +0000

dogzilla from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

Drumask

alex — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:47:04 +0000

drumbmask from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

Caged Masked Men

alex — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:41:47 +0000

Masked and Dangerous

alex — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:17:55 +0000

Putting up a new show at 17 Frost sets the backdrop for this vlog. Also you will see bits of Reverse gallery on Frost street, and General New York Nonsense.

Just The Way You Are (Vlog)

alex — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:42:04 +0000

The Red King and Minions

alex — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:49:29 +0000

a painting and some masks incorporating my three dimensional spray sculpture material: expanding polyurethane foam.

alex — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:09:17 +0000

The large silver fleece mask on the blue blood easel at 17 Frost.

Helmet My Head

alex — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:22:42 +0000

Jung Masked Men

alex — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:08:52 +0000

Litter Stops Here

alex — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:52:16 +0000

Last Night's Head

alex — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:38:48 +0000

Planet Blake

alex — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:23:05 +0000

A few hundred photos of a mural I did for Blake Whitman.

Ashen

alex — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:38:58 +0000

some more cards

In My Father's Woods

alex — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:18:43 +0000

Trying to “restore” my dad’s old Front Woods Frame sculpture; from the late sixties/ early 70’s about… back when Concrete puplic sculpture was all the rage, or about to be. I think my dad was still working at an add agency in Manhattan commuting by silver Mustang and he made these projects on the weekend. Now they are cracked and chipping… tomorrow they should look a little cleaner. They get a sort of WWII bunker look in their cleaned state… which I rather fancy, but I know my mother won’t… nor would the artist perhaps? Mash up of John and Brian rare takes.

Roof Shuffle

alex — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:44:13 +0000

California Nostalgia

alex — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:01:47 +0000

These vids, vj together in interesting ways. Perhaps bigger than the sum of their spider parts. Finally getting around to dealing with old footage to send off to Victoria as I promised her months ago. To be fair, I told her it would probably not be till we were done with the end of Zipperhead and tomorrow is the last show. YOU SHOULD COME if you haven’t already.

Contradiction of Fact and Fiction

alex — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:34:36 +0000

Taking a much needed break from Zipperhead and all things Frosty to fix my broken heart, mind, body, and Soul. Setting up my Summer Studio where once my Father (who art in Heaven) used to be King. The King is dead long live the king. Le Roi c’est moi.

La Familigia Rex

alex — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:03:37 +0000

Since I’m all about Press these days, I wanted to share with you all my favorite interview ever. It was given to me as an Xmas gift by my nephew Max. I thought I’d share it here for Easter… the whole death birth death rebirth thing feeling appropriate. In the end, blood is thicker than salt water.

Play mingus while you read:

A Mingus Amoung Us from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

Valentine Olympia

alex — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:51:22 +0000

Frozen Frost Valentine Winter Olympic Open Mic from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

Someone remind me to fix the aspect ratio if I ever get a minute. This one goes out to the ones I loves.

Santan Klaus

alex — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:53:20 +0000

Post Festivus For the Rest of Us from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

Artist's Wanted

alex — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:49:54 +0000

I am the son of an abstract painter and graphic designer from Basel, Switzerland and an actress/fiber artist teacher from Long Island. I have always felt that I have one foot in the old world and one in the new. In some very real way my work and life have been an attempt to make a synthesis of the dialectic that is my parents both as people and artists.

I made my first film in the fifth grade and won several national festival awards by high school. I had planned on going to NYU film school, or something when I accidentally discovered writing (a perverse combination of screenplays, Paris, and Hemmingway by way of High School English).. Writing seemed so much cheaper than film and you didn’t have to get all messed up with actors. I spent the better part of five years trying to finish my first novel, “Heroes.” Those characters still live on in some of my projects (though the novel never did get published).

At Brown U., I started to feel that writing was removing my brain from my body and when I started to paint, I fell in love with it, .even though it was a thing my father had quit quite dramatically in my youth. For me, Painting seemed to live between the act of writing and the act of filmmaking and maybe even the act of acting, or at least dancing. It seemed like neutral territory… like Switzerland.

I have spent the better part of the new century trying to make these phases of my life into something of a coherent artistic practice… a new sort of multimedia authorship. I mean to say I want to tell stories. I have managed to get several great platforms in which to experiment: It In Space So Ho, IT IN place (A.I.R at the Institute for the Future of the Book), A.I.R. 17 Frost Street Space. But after spring I am homeless. My dog died, my woman threw me out. It sounds like a joke, or a country song, but

Vimeoffline With Essie Jain

alex — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:36:38 +0000

Inspired to shoot a little still camera vid at the offline show. Inspired by one of Blakes Videos I screened at the last offline, I hoisted the Pentax by its lanyard and whipped it around for a verse. Another great night of Vimeo at Monkeytown. Life is good even if the sound on the Pentax leaves a lot to be desired.

Enlighten Me

alex — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:09:47 +0000

Here is my lamp for the Enlighten Show out in L.A. It was made from moleskin collages I did in Paris with UU.

Tornado Design Hosts Art Exhibition Titled Enlighten!
One Night of Light
Over 85 limited-edition artist lamps for sale to help support Inner-City Arts

Los Angeles, CA — September 28, 2009 – Tornado Design will host an exclusive one-night art show
called Enlighten! One Night of Light at the Helms Bakery Building in Culver City from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m
on Saturday, November 21st. Enlighten! is an innovative group exhibition of table lamps featuring printed
shades with artwork by an eclectic roster of over 85 fine artists and illustrators working together to
support arts education for children in Los Angeles. Each artist’s lamp design will be sold in a limited
edition available for one night only. The lamps can be previewed and pre-ordered on the website at
www.enlightenshow.com. The event is free.

Al Quattrocchi and Jeff Smith, co-owners and creative directors of the Los Angeles-based graphic design
studio Tornado Design, curated the exhibition. “Enlighten! is a fun and unique way to bring our artistic
community together. This event will raise some money to help support Inner-City Arts, an organization
planting the seeds of creativity in young artists of the future.” says Quattrocchi. “Whether you are a
participating artist or a patron of the arts, supporting events like Enlighten! will make a difference for
many underprivileged kids!”

A portion of all sales will benefit Inner-City Arts, an organization offering opportunities for at-risk
children from Los Angeles schools to build artistic self-expression, enhancing their ability to perform
both creatively and academically in challenging environments. The lamps are produced by Lamp-In-ABox
in Culver City, California. Owner Daniel Cytrynowicz believes, “A table or desk lamp should reflect
our personal taste, desires and lifestyle, similar to all the other accessories that surround us.”
Participating artists include Lou Beach, Alex Beard, Sandow Birk, Calef Brown, Dave Burke, Jimmy C,
Sarajo Frieden, Tom Fritz, Makoto Kobayashi, Lili Lakich, Joel Nakamura, Saelee Oh, Martha Rich, Paul
Rogers, Souther Salazar, Bwana Spoons, James Victore, Keith Weesner and dozens more. Music will be
provided by The Icy Hot Trio and catering provided by Louise’s Trattoria.

Enlighten! One Night of Light will take place at Helms Bakery Building, 8723 Washington Blvd., Culver
City, California on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Free parking provided directly

across the street. For more information regarding the event or Tornado Design, contact Al Q or Jeff Smith
at info@tornadodesign.la or 310-202-1020, or visit the website at www.enlightenshow.com.